A lobby group wants the International Criminal Court to prosecute South Sudan President Salva Kiir and main rebel leader Riek Machar for alleged war crimes and genocide. The DR Congo bars tourists from a world renowned national park after a kidnapping.

The Ethiopian government starts talks with the exiled Oromo group. Zimbawe bans banks from processing payments for cryptocurrencies.

Burundians condemn a deadly attack ahead of the controversial constitutional referendum this week. As the death toll from the Ebola outbreak rises, the World Health Organisation is expected to send an experimental drug that has been shown to be highly effective.

At least 150 people have died in floods in Kenya, which has caused a major dam to burst. Climate change threatens coffee production in Eastern Ethiopia.

Raila Odinga insists on a referendum for Kenya. Seventeen people have reportedly died in DR Congo, as an Ebola outbreak is confirmed.

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari is in London for a four-day medical trip, his fourth since he came to power in 2015. A rare disease hits tourist mecca Zanzibar.

Tributes continue to pour in for the Mozambique opposition leader and ex-guerrilla leader Afonso Dhlakama, who passed away last week.

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta asks the nation for forgiveness for damaging the country’s unity during the 2017 elections.

The International Criminal Court (ICC)’s chief prosecutor has arrived in Kinshasa, following requests to investigate deadly violence and crimes against humanity in the DR Congo. In Rwanda, President Paul Kagame accuses the ICC is being “a court to try Africans, not people from across the world